Background The use of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) to treat advanced cardiac
heart failure is constantly increasing, although this device leads to high risk for …

Purpose Aortic dissection (AD) is a catastrophic disease with complex hemodynamic
conditions, however, understandings regarding its perfusion characteristics were not …

Validation of computational models using in vitro phantoms is a nontrivial task, especially in
the replication of the mechanical properties of the vessel walls, which varies with age and …

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) has evolved as a first-line therapy for trauma
patients. Most trauma patients are young, and their aortas are compliant and longitudinally …

Introduction: Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a relatively common valvular disease, which can
result from structural abnormalities of any anatomic part of the tricuspid valve. Severe TR is …

Whereas left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is the gold-standard therapy for patients with
heart failure, gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the most common complications. LVAD …

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is widespread in clinical practice for treating
aortic diseases but it has relevant systemic complications, such as increase of the cardiac …

Objective Aortic geometry has been shown to influence the development of endograft
malapposition (bird-beaking) in thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR), but the extent …

Objectives: Post-operative stent morphology of aortic dissection patients is important for
performing clinical diagnosis and prognostic assessment. However, stent morphologies still …

Objectives Formation of bird-beak configuration in thoracic endovascular aortic repair
(TEVAR) has been shown to be correlated with the risk of complications such as type Ia …